Cigar-box.



J. BESSER.

CIGAR BOX.

APPLICATION men APR. 1a. m4.-

Patented Apr.1-3', 1915.

moon snssnn, or JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

CIGAR-BOX. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A r. 13,1915.

Application filed April 18, 1914. SeriaI'No. 832,681.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB Bnssnn, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Boxes,

of which the following is a specification such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cigar boxes, and the object thereof is to provide an improved box of this class which will not only serve as an ordinary package box for packing, shipping and selling cigars, but which will also serve as a humidor, and the construction and arrangement of which is such that all the cigars in the box may be seen without removing any of them from said box.

The invention described and claimed herein is an improvement on the cigar box described and claimed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 684,782, granted to me Oct. 22, 1901, and is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, inwhich the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of theviews and in which Figure '1 is a perspective view of a cigar box made according to my invention; Fig. 2 a transverse section of said box,.but showing the same partly opened, and Fig.- 3 a perspective View of an inner or supplev mental box member which I employ in connection with a main outer box member, said inner or supplemental box member being shown open.

In the practice of my invention, as shown.

in the drawing, I provide a-main outer box member a and a supplemental inner box member, 79. The main outer box member comprises a bottom a ends a and a front a and the supplemental inner box member 6 comprises a bottom 6 ends 6 and front I), a back 6 and a cover b The backbf" of the supplemental inner box'member forms the back of the main outer box member, and said box members are hinged together at the bottom of the back, either by a longitudinal strip 0 of fibrous material, or in any other way,- an d with this construction, the supplemental inner box member may be turned backwardly in the main outer box member, all these features being the same, or ap proximately the same, as in the patent hereinbefore referred to.

The detailsof the construction of the sup- I plemental inner box member 6 are clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the frontend 6 thereof is hingedat the bottom, as shown at c and mayv be turned downwardly, as shown ,in

Fig. 3, and the cover 6 which also-forms the cover of the main outer box is hinged at the. back,.as shown at 0 and said cover may be raised and turned backwardly, as shown in Fig. 3. r 1

The bottom 5 of the supplemental inner box is provided with perforations d, asv in the patent hereinbefore referred to, and placed in the bottom of the main outer box is a moistening pad 6, and parallel front and back strips f are placed-in the bottom of the main outer box on which the supplemental inner box rests, and form a space or chamber for the pad 6. The supplemental inner box member is also provided with an inner removable front board 9 between which and the front 6 ofsaid bcx member is a chamber in which is placed a removable moisten ing pad 6 and the board 9 is provided with perforations 0Z the board 9 is also provided in the ends thereof with pinsg adapted to entertransverse slots'g in the ends 6? of the mainouter box member, and by meansof this construction, the front board 9 of the supplemental innerbox member may be taken out and replaced in position whenever mental cover 72, having end" pins 71, similar to the P 9 and apted to enter the' vertical slots h in ithetop edges of-the ends 6 of said supplemental inner box memthe supplemental cover 72. may be raised and ber 39, and by means of this construction,

swung backwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, and when said supplemental cover 71. is in the N closed position, the front edgerests on'the top edge of the front board 9 of the supplemental box member, and theends thereof.

are inclosed by or within the ends 12 of said supplementalbox member.

tions d and between said supplementalv The: supplemental cover it of the inner supplemental cover and the main cover I) is achamber in which is placed a moisteningpad 0 With this construction," it will be'seenithifllv bottom, front and top moistening padsareemployed, and as will be understood, the.

cigars are placed in the inner supplemental box, and in closing the package, anail 11 is passedthrough the front edge'of'the main outer box member, as indicated in Fig. 2,

and to any desired extent, and in this operation, the main cover 5 is raised and turned backwardly, as indicated in Fig. 8, and the supplemental inner cover it is also raised and turned backwardly and the front board g with the pad 6 of the supplemental inner box may be removed or turned forwardly by means of the bottom pins 9 which serve as a hinge for this purpose, and all the cigars in the box may thus be seen and examined without removing them from said box, and one or more cigars may be withdrawn and afterward re-inserted if desired.

The pads e, e and 6 may be moistened whenever desired, and this moisture will pass in the form of vapor through the perforations in the parts 6 g and h, and in this way, the cigars will be maintained in proper condition at all times, and a cigar box in which cigars are packed in the ordinary manner for shipment, sale and other purposes may thus be made to serve as a humi dor, and while I have shown and described the preferred form of my improvement, and the various parts thereof, it will be understood that changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is V 1. A package box of the class described comprising a main outer box member open at the back and top, and a supplemental inner box member the back of which forms the back of the main outer box member and is hinged thereto at the bottom thereof, said supplemental inner box member being provided with a cover which is hinged at the back and which forms the cover of the main outer box, and with a supplemental inner movable cover which is perforated, said supplemental inner box member being also provided with an inner movable front board which is perforated, the bottom of the supplemental inner box member being also perforated.

2. A package box of the class described comprising a main outer box member open at the back and top, and a supplemental inner box member the back of which forms the back of the main outer box member and is hinged thereto at the bottom thereof, said supplemental inner box member being provided with a cover which is hinged at the back and which forms the cover of the main outer box, and with a supplemental inner movable cover which is perforated, said supplemental inner box member being also provided with an inner movable front board which is perforated, the bottom of the supplemental inner box member being also perforated, and moistening pads placed in the bottom of the main outer box member, between the front and inner perforated board of the supplemental box member, and between the main cover and supplemental inner cover of said supplemental box member.

3. A package box of the class described comprising a main outer box member open at the back and at the top, a supplemental inner box member the back of which forms the back of the main outer box member and is hinged thereto at the bottom, said supplemental inner box member being also provided with a cover which is hinged at the back and which forms the cover of the main outer box member, and the front of the supplemental box member being also hinged at the bottom, and said supplemental inner box member being also provided with a movable inner top and a movable inner front which are perforated, and between which and the cover and the front thereof are moistening pad chambers.

4:. In a package of the class described, a box comprising a bottom, a back and ends, and two movable front members, one of which is placed within the other, the outer front member being hinged to the bottom and the inner front member being perforated, said box being also provided with a main, outer cover, which is hinged to the back and a supplemental perforated and movable cover.

5. In a package of the class described, a box comprising a bottom, a back and ends, together with two movable front members, one of which is placed within the other, the outer front member being hinged to the bottom and the inner front member being perforated and forming in connection with the outer front member a space adapted to receive a moistening pad, said box being also provided with a main outer cover hinged to the back and with a supplemental inner cover which is movable and perforated and between which and the main outer cover is a space adapted to receive a moistening pad.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 13th day of April 1914.

W. C. JOHNSON, HARRY C. STEvENs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). 0." 

